Первый взгляд на PHP 7.4 для разработчиков WordPress
Релиз PHP 7.4 намечен на 28 ноября 2019 года. WordPress 5.3 также будет включать несколько коммитов, которые устарели.
Новости WordPress
WordPress.org поднимает максимум PHP для каталога плагинов до версии 7.2
3 октября система WordPress.org SVN получила повышение версии до 7.2. Это изменение означает, что авторы плагинов теперь могут использовать более новый синтаксис PHP в плагинах, которые они отправляют в официальный каталог плагинов. В будущем максимум версии будет соответствовать тому, что работает на WordPress.org.
WordPress Twenty Twenty: обзор новой стандартной темы WordPress
Chaplin — это многофункциональная тема WordPress, которая дает вам полный контроль над шрифтами и цветами на вашем сайте. Она построен с нуля с учетом нового редактора блоков и позволяет легко создавать привлекательные макеты как для постов, так и для страниц.
Gutenberg 6.5 Adds Experimental Block Directory Search to Inserter and New Social Links Block
Gutenberg 6.5 was released today with a rough prototype that adds one-click search and installation of blocks from the block directory to the inserter. Selected blocks are automatically installed as a plugin in the background and inserted into the editor with one click. The pull request for the experiment indicates that it’s still very much …
Automattic Raises $300M in Series D Investment Round, Valuation Jumps to $3 Billion
Automattic announced another round of funding today, a 0 million Series D investment from Salesforce Ventures, giving the company a billion valuation post-funding. The last time Automattic raised money was 0 million in a Series C round in 2014. Since that time the company has grown to more than 950 employees and made strategic acquisitions, …
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GitHub Adds Dependency Graphs, Security Alerts for PHP Repos
PHP developers everywhere can rejoice as GitHub adds the long-awaited dependency graphs feature for PHP repositories that use Composer. The feature provides security alerts, shows dependency insights, and displays the dependents of a given repository. If enabled, it can also automatically send security fixes to the repository via pull requests. GitHub initially added support for …
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Local Lightning Now in Public Beta with Major Performance Improvements
Flywheel put its new Local Lightning app into public beta this week. The app is an improved version of the company’s local WordPress development tool, formerly known as Pressmatic before Flywheel acquired it from Clay Griffiths and renamed it to “Local by Flywheel.” Since its acquisition in 2016, Local has gained many fans, particularly developers …
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Richard Best Releases Free Audio and Ebook: “A Practical Guide to WordPress and the GPL”
If you’re itching to go deeper into the legal aspects of navigating WordPress’ relationship to the GPL license, Richard Best has recently made his ebook (and the audio version) called “A Practical Guide to WordPress and the GPL” available for free. Best, a technology and public lawyer based in New Zealand, had previously sold the …
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GPL Author Richard Stallman Resigns from Free Software Foundation
Richard Stallman, free software movement activist and originator of the “copyleft” concept, has resigned from his position as director of the board and president of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), which he established in 1985. This resignation comes on the heels of his resignation from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) after remarks …
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Adam Jacob Advocates for Building Healthy OSS Communities in “The War for the Soul of Open Source”
Chef co-founder and former CTO Adam Jacob gave a short presentation at O’Reilly Open Source Software Conference (OSCON) 2019 titled “The War for the Soul of Open Source.” In his search for meaning in open source software today, Jacob confronts the notion of open source business models. “We often talk about open source business models,” …
WordPress Community Contributors to Host Free Online Diversity Workshop Ahead of WordCamp US
WordCamp US will debut a new Community Track in November that will feature sessions and workshops on topics like meetups, WordCamps, diversity and inclusion, and kids/youth. Jill Binder, Allie Nimmons, Aurooba Ahmed, and David Wolfpaw will be hosting a workshop called “Creating a Welcoming and Diverse Space” at the event. In order to adequately prepare …
Creative Commons Releases New WordPress Plugin for Attributing Content with Gutenberg Blocks
Creative Commons has released an official WordPress plugin for attributing and licensing content. It is an updated and revamped version of the organization’s WPLicense plugin. It is also loosely based on an old plugin called License, which seems to have been abandoned after not receiving any updates for six years. The new Creative Commons plugin …
EditorsKit Adds Nofollow Options for Links, Fixes Bug with Gutenberg Metaboxes Overlapping in Chrome
EditorsKit is becoming somewhat of a “hotfix” plugin for Gutenberg, especially with the additions to the 1.14 release this week. Developer Jeffrey Carandang added new link formats for nofollow rel attribute options, along with a fix for an annoying bug in Chrome that causes Gutenberg metaboxes to overlap. He has been closely monitoring feedback on …
Behind New Packages Project Lead, Theme Review Team Launches Admin Notices Solution
As part of the WordPress Theme Review Team’s plan to curb obtrusive admin notices, the team pushed version 1.0 of its Admin Notices package to the public. The new package provides a standard API for theme authors to display admin notices. Ari Stathopoulos took over as the packages project lead in late August. Stathopoulos is …
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Google Announces New Ways to Identify Nofollow Links, Progress on Related Gutenberg Ticket Is Currently Stalled
This week Google announced changes to the 15-year old nofollow attribute that was previously recommended for identifying links related to advertising, sponsors, or content for which users are not intending to pass along ranking credit. The nofollow attribute is no longer a catchall for these types of instances, as Google has introduced two new rel …